Re: varchar error

you might try a trigger!

Raul Secan wrote:

> Hello, I just have this:
>
> CREATE TABLE test (
> mytext varchar(5)
> ) WITHOUT OIDS;
>
> If I put a string with more than 5 chars in mytext, I receive an
> error, regarding the wrong lenght of the string.
>
> In MySQL I know that the string is automatically reduced to the number
> of char allowed by the column, even if I insert a longer string.
>
> I don't want to do this from PHP, and I was wandering how this can be
> done in PostreSQL? Maybe in CREATE TABLE definition?
>
> Cheers, Raul.

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